Eugenie with money [Grandet]

The faces of the "old friends" who came to visit the Marquise de Teyguet in name became ugly.They kept winking at Mrs. Taigu, hoping that she could make peace and make a deal.Mrs. Taigou thought of the commission these people had promised her, and asked Eugenie quietly: "Miss, don't you like anything?"

Eugenie gave her a very strange look: "Why, madam. Each piece is a treasure, with its historical value and humanistic value, and I like each one very much."

I like you to buy them all.Mrs. Taigou wished she could make a decision for Eugenie, but Eugenie had already made a decision: "But for these ladies, commemoration means more, and I can't take what others like."

If it weren't for the upbringing that has been restricting them all the time, Eugenie believed that these ladies would scold her bloody.But now they could only stare at Eugenie's calm face in dissatisfaction, not even daring to say a word of accusation.

The money was still in Eugenie's hands, and they, each of them wanted to get it from Eugenie's hands.

Mrs. Teigou greeted the ladies, and asked Eugenie to leave the drawing room. After coming to the lounge next to her, she said in a low voice: "Miss, after these ladies come to visit, someone will soon ask for a visit. Arrive When Miss Shi meets guests, she must dress up." So you can't have no jewelry at all, you should buy a few sets of jewelry from them.

Eugenie looked at Mrs. Taigou very innocently: "But their jewelry prices have added personal feelings. If I go to buy new ones, I don't need to spend so much money. I don't have to worry about whether there will be jewelry. The old owner, unwilling to let his beloved jewelry be sold by his descendants, came to trouble me, the buyer, at night."

You are enough.

Mrs. Taigou got goosebumps from what Eugenie said. She took a serious look at her and found that her face was full of seriousness, and her eyes showed worry and fear, obviously thinking that her vision would come true.

Country people from other provinces are country people from other provinces.Mrs. Taigu comforted herself like this in her heart, but she felt hairy in her heart, feeling that she, the middleman, didn't seem to be very safe.It's really not worthwhile to make myself worry about a small commission.

Eugenie noticed the changes on Mrs. Taigou's face. Seeing that she first showed disappointment, then hesitation, and finally her distressed face, she knew that she might have an idea in her heart, so she slowly said: "Besides, they brought too much jewelry. I can only choose the cheapest of the three sets at most."

Mrs. Taigou's heart was raised and lowered by Eugenie's words, and now it was raised again.She felt that she had only grasped the point now, which was that Eugenie disliked the high prices of the wives.

It's not that I don't want to buy it, but that I have no money.

Thinking about Eugenie's expenses after coming to Paris, Mrs. Taicourt thought her guess was infinitely close to reality: she had heard about the kind of miser Grandet herself was before she went to Saumur.Even if she loves her only daughter very much, after the only daughter came to Paris, she has already spent 10,000+ francs.

This is the amount of dowry that ordinary noble families give their daughters.

Not to mention Grandet, even the top tycoon would not let his daughter spend so much.So the only daughter can't spend a lot of money to buy diamonds.

I shouldn't give those ladies too high expectations.Mrs. Taigou reminded herself in her heart that Eugenie was the guarantee of her future life. When she came to Paris, whether it was shopping or making clothes, she had her own share. Compared with this, the commissions that the wives might give her , not enough for Eugenie to make her own clothes.

Look at the prices proposed by those people, how satisfied Mrs. Taigu was when she first heard the price, and how regretful she is now-she wants to join those people to cheat her parents.

She realized that when Eugenie couldn't stay in Paris, she couldn't stay in this mansion either.

Mrs. Taigu, who wanted to understand, saluted Eugenie sincerely for the first time: "Please wait a moment, I will confirm with the lady who is most interested in selling the jewelry, and then invite you to come forward."

It's long overdue.Eugenie looked at Madame Taigou's back, and felt that the Marchioness had finally realized the truth.So I asked the newly hired maid Elemi to bring me rich coffee, and drank it leisurely.

After a while, Mrs. Taigu brought the Marquise de Fino to the lounge, and the faces of both of them were not good-looking.Eugenie merely got up to say hello, waiting for Madame Taigou to speak first.

It can be seen that Mrs. Taigou is still under a lot of pressure facing the Marquise de Nofe, she lightly pursed her lips, and anxiously asked the Marquise de Nofe to sit opposite Eugenie before she spoke: " Mademoiselle, the Marchioness would like to sell the diamonds worn by her grandmother for only twelve thousand francs."

As soon as the price was mentioned, Mrs. Taigou's face flashed with pride. From thirty thousand francs to twelve thousand francs, this is no longer cut in half, but cut directly to the root of the thigh.

Eugenie was not satisfied: "Mrs. Taigou, you know that I just fancy the diamond, and I have to re-set it after I buy it."

Just now you didn't say you want to re-mosaic, I'm afraid the original owner will talk to you in the middle of the night.Madame Taicourt stared at the capricious Eugenie in astonishment, not daring to look at the face of the Marquise de Nofe, which was so dark that it was about to turn into ink.

"Miss Eugenie, I think you have misunderstood the value of diamonds." The Marquise de Nofite was obviously suppressing her anger: "Even if it's just the diamonds on the jewelry, if you put them up for auction alone, you can fetch [-] francs. "

"Yes, Marquise." Eugenie smiled politely at the Marquise: "You are right. Even if they are mortgaged by the bank, these diamonds should be mortgaged to [-] francs. I I'm really ignorant, sorry."

So you go to the auction or mortgage it, can you be willing to lose your last dignity?

Eugenie knew that she was taking advantage of the fire and robbed her, so she didn't feel any uneasiness in her heart.The wealth that these dilapidated nobles once owned was obtained by the same means. She just treated their descendants in the same way as they did after a few centuries.

She was right. The Marquise de Nolphy was relieved when she heard that Eugenie was going to re-set the diamonds—so that no one would be able to recognize the imprint of the De Nolphy family on the diamonds. The fact that she sold her ancestral jewelry is also unknown.

Whether it's blackface or anger, it's just a means to keep the price.It is impossible for her to auction or mortgage the jewelry.

But now the Marquise de Noffi was in great need of cash.Her son has recently become infatuated with an opera actress, to the point of madness.She had reason to believe that if she didn't quickly exchange the jewelry for francs, one day, this set of jewelry that her grandmother had worn would appear on the actor's neck.

Therefore, the Marquise de Noffi had to ask Mrs. Taicourt to smooth things over, and Mrs. Taicourt also felt that it was a good deal to buy the set of jewelry for [-] francs-the Marquise de Noffi could not use the bank as a mortgage, which did not mean that Eugenie could not.

If Eugenie knew what Madame Taigou was thinking, she would applaud her.Now she could only listen to Mrs. Taigu's insincere compliment on the set of jewelry absent-mindedly.

In the end, under the lure of money, the Marquise de Noffi had no choice but to give in, and reluctantly sold a set of diamond jewelry at a price of [-] francs.

"Now, shall I ask the others to leave, Miss?" Mrs. Taigou, who had seen Eugenie's bargaining skills, respected Eugenie's attitude from the bottom of her heart, because Eugenie had just told her quietly that she I will give her two hundred francs alone as a thank-you fee.

Eugenie smiled at Mrs. Taigou: "Why did you ask them to leave? I'm still very interested in several sets of jewelry."

It was not the first time she had seen Eugenie's capriciousness, and Mrs. Taigou still couldn't bear it.She silently brought her old friends into the lounge one by one, and delivered them to the door one by one, without talking to Eugenie.

In this way, with the cooperation of Madame Taicourt, Eugenie received another diamond worth nearly [-] francs from those wives at a price of [-] francs, not counting the price of setting.Because Mademoiselle Eugenie said that she didn't care how precious the matching gemstones were or how heavy the gold setting was. To her, all she cared about was the diamonds on them.

The inlaid material cannot be counted as money!

After sending away the wives who got the money but were very dissatisfied, Mrs. Taigou gave Eugenie a wry smile: "From now on, they really won't regard me as a friend."

Eugenie was putting all the diamond jewelry on the table, looking at each one carefully, without even raising her head when she heard this: "No madam. When you first arrived in Saumur, you said that a friend in Paris None. But look, there are so many old friends visiting you today."

Such a relaxed tone reminded Mrs. Taigou that Eugenie once said that there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, but only permanent interests.This sentence once made her doubt whether her decision to be Eugenie's tutor, to influence her and assimilate her so that she could become the mistress of Trauffon was correct.

Now she feels that it is not wrong for the young lady to think this way. As long as she is with the young lady all the time, whether or not she becomes the hostess of Trauphon, she does not have to worry that one day she will be like these "friends" and sell her family heritage. jewelry.

Unexpectedly, Eugenie actually asked her: "Mrs. Taigou, I have always been curious. Your family has been aristocratic since the twelfth century, and there must be some jewelry that has been handed down. Why don't you give it to me?" Let me see?"